SHORT BROTHERS PLC
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Cash
£83M
USD 111,075,000
+140.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£707M
USD -944,275,000
-107.4% vs 2023
Employees
3,533
+3.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£379M
USD -506,915,000
-49.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £541,395,418 | £602,467,435 | +11.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£213,821,680 | -£315,509,807 | -47.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£253,754,305 | -£379,484,204 | -49.5% | |
| Net profit | -£253,192,095 | -£377,385,836 | -49.1% | |
| Cash | £34,627,190 | £83,152,418 | +140.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £331,277,886 | £175,351,849 | -47.1% | |
| Net assets | -£340,919,299 | -£706,898,488 | -107.4% | |
| Equity | -£340,919,299 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 3,403 | 3,533 | +3.8% | |
| Wages | £126,956,880 | £148,146,429 | +16.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £389,280 | £675,251 | +73.5% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.749 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -39.5% | -52.4% | |
| Net margin | -46.8% | -62.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -64.5% | -179.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 165.3% | 264.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | -5.19x | -4.81x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
Group structure
- SHORT BROTHERS PLC · parent
- Short Brothers Pension Trustee Ltd 100%
- Short Brothers CIF Trustee Ltd 100%
- Spirit AeroSystems Belfast Executive Benefits Trustee Ltd (Formerly: Bombardier Aerospace Shorts Executive Benefits Trustee Ltd) 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 June 2024, Airbus and Spirit inc. entered into a binding term sheet, in which Airbus agreed to acquire specific Spirit Aerosystems assets which includes the Company's A220 programs (expected to complete late 2025).”
- “On 30 June 2024, the Spirit Aerosystems - Boeing merger agreement was signed, outlining the plan for Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (the Company's ultimate parent entity) to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Simon | Secretary | 2025-12-15 | — | — |
| CHJ SECRETARIAL NEWCO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-01-31 | — | — |
| KENNEDY, Ciara | Director | 2025-12-15 | May 1976 | British |
| MORGAN, Celine | Director | 2022-12-21 | May 1975 | British |
| QUIN, Jeremy, Sir | Director | 2025-12-15 | Sep 1968 | British |
| THOMPSON, Colin | Director | 2016-10-28 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKEOWN, Bronagh | Secretary | — | 2005-04-08 |
| THOMPSON, Colin | Secretary | 2009-10-15 | 2025-12-08 |
| C & H JEFFERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-04-08 | 2017-01-31 |
| BAIN, George Sayers, Professor Sir | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| BALLYEDMOND, The Right Honourable The Lord | Director | — | 2007-03-22 |
| BARNETT, Richard Robert (Professor), Professor | Director | 2007-10-23 | 2016-05-12 |
| BEAUDOIN, Laurent | Director | — | 2004-07-21 |
| BEAUDOIN, Pierre | Director | 2001-12-17 | 2009-02-20 |
| BROWN, Robert Ellis | Director | — | 2003-06-18 |
| BRUNDLE, Kenneth Sydney | Director | 1999-06-08 | 2016-05-11 |
| COX, George Edwin | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2016-05-11 |
| DORGAN, Sean | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2016-05-13 |
| FERLAND, Claude | Director | 2004-07-21 | 2009-10-06 |
| FONTAINE, Jean-Louis | Director | — | 2004-07-21 |
| GRAFF, Michael | Director | 1999-06-26 | 2001-10-16 |
| HACHEY, Guy Charles | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2014-07-23 |
| HARKINS, Rhonda Gail | Director | 2020-10-30 | 2025-12-08 |
| HENDRON, David Robert | Director | 2014-10-07 | 2016-10-28 |
| LAVERY, Mairead | Director | 2012-07-12 | 2014-10-07 |
| MCGIVERN, Marie-Therese | Director | 2014-02-04 | 2016-05-12 |
| QUIGLEY, William George Henry, Sir | Director | — | 2013-03-03 |
| ROBERTS, Alexander F | Director | — | 2000-01-31 |
| RYAN, Michael James, Sir | Director | 2004-04-19 | 2025-12-08 |
| SEGUIN, Jean | Director | 2004-07-21 | 2017-07-01 |
| SKINNER, Graham, Air Vice Marshal | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2016-05-12 |
| TELLIER, Paul Mathias | Director | 2003-06-18 | 2004-12-13 |
| THIBAULT, Francois | Director | 2009-10-15 | 2012-07-06 |
| WARD, Damon | Director | 2020-10-30 | 2025-12-08 |
| WORTHINGTON, Paul Samuel | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2020-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Aerosystems Global Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-10-30 | Active |
| Bombardier Aerospace U.K. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 458 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.